The next CIES research workshop will take place on March 17, between 1:30 and 2:30 p.m., in person in room A202 of Building 4 (Iscte-Conhecimento e Inovação) and online via the ZOOM link: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/89654765289.

PRESENTATION

Li Yi
Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Macau

ABSTRACT

Social scientists are mostly interested in complex traits and behaviors such as health and education. Many of these outcomes are interactively influenced by both social and genetic factors. This highlights the importance of incorporating genetic variables into the analysis of social science studies. The increasing availability of genetic data in social surveys enables researchers to address many new questions. In this talk, I will talk about a few examples that, hopefully, show the possible benefits from the integration of genetic variables.

SHORT BIO

Li Yi is currently an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Macau. He received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In the past, he worked as a postdoc at Duke University, and then Lecturer of Demography at the Australian National University. He is interested in how social and genetic factors work together to influence human behavior. He is also interested in population health and causal inference. His work appeared in journals including Social Science & Medicine, Journal of Marriage and Family, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Justice Quarterly, Social Science Research, Journal of the Scientific Study of Religion, Biodemography and Social Biology, American Journal of Sociology, Social Forces, Demography, and British Journal of Criminology.